Incredibly vain thread! But it's probably caused more by smiling and scrunching your face up than dodgy eyes, so just don't smile. Don't forget though that most people probably see your squinty face quite often and think nothing of it, so unless you smile at yourself in mirrors a lot it's probably just a case of not being used to seeing it yourself.

As someone who once was a regular at photoshoots (albeit a couple of years ago now), receiving a lot of 'gentle persuasion', I feel I can offer a wee bit of insight.

The best piece of advice I ever received was thus: Regardless of the whether you are wanting to smile or not (most of the time we were told not to smile-hilarious), imagine that you are. Your eyes will appear bigger when you're in that sort of frame of mind and it will lift you whole face. Try it. Smile in front of the mirror and then take out the smile but keep the rest of your face the same.

I thought I had a problem with an eye. The left eyelid was a bit droopy and sat slightly awkward. I got a pair of silk pillowcases and within a few weeks it was gone. Apparently they're great for wrinkles and I'm noticing my hair looks less messed in the morning too (although I shower every morning anyway).

More to do with the conditions of a photograph, but most of my better ones come from shots made outside. Especially if you have fair skin, a basic flash can wash out your face and create harsh shadows compared to natural light.

Also, one of my personal issues has been to think the relaxed position of my arms is actually too stiff, so I've gone too far the other way and ended up placing them awkwardly. Usually your relaxed position really is relaxed when you see the end photo, even if it doesn't feel like it sometimes when you're actually having it taken.